Son of John and Sarah (Mulligan) Caldwell.
There is some conflict as to the location of his birth. Some genealogist show him born in Ohio County, West Virginia. This is sourced to the biography for Van Caldwell written by Judge George Wright in 1895.
Van Caldwell himself on the 1850 US census and the IA 1856 census stated he was born in Virginia, the place of birth noted on his grave marker.
Ohio County, West Virginia was originally in Virginia but became part of West Virginia prior to his birth so that doesn't explain the discrepancy.
With all due respect to Judge Wright, his writing was 39 years after Van Caldwell's death and we don't know his source. On the other hand, we have 2 sources where the informant was the man himself and he said Virginia.
Until further documentation surfaces it is an arguable issue.
The birth date shown is also from Judge Wright's biography and it should be noted that if correct, Van Caldwell would have been 57, not 56 as noted on his grave marker. Further putting into question Judge Wright's reliability.
There is some conflict as to the location of his birth. Some genealogist show him born in Ohio County, West Virginia. This is sourced to the biography for Van Caldwell written by Judge George Wright in 1895.
Van Caldwell himself on the 1850 US census and the IA 1856 census stated he was born in Virginia, the place of birth noted on his grave marker.
Ohio County, West Virginia was originally in Virginia but became part of West Virginia prior to his birth so that doesn't explain the discrepancy.
With all due respect to Judge Wright, his writing was 39 years after Van Caldwell's death and we don't know his source. On the other hand, we have 2 sources where the informant was the man himself and he said Virginia.
Until further documentation surfaces it is an arguable issue.
The birth date shown is also from Judge Wright's biography and it should be noted that if correct, Van Caldwell would have been 57, not 56 as noted on his grave marker. Further putting into question Judge Wright's reliability.
Son of John and Sarah (Mulligan) Caldwell.
There is some conflict as to the location of his birth. Some genealogist show him born in Ohio County, West Virginia. This is sourced to the biography for Van Caldwell written by Judge George Wright in 1895.
Van Caldwell himself on the 1850 US census and the IA 1856 census stated he was born in Virginia, the place of birth noted on his grave marker.
Ohio County, West Virginia was originally in Virginia but became part of West Virginia prior to his birth so that doesn't explain the discrepancy.
With all due respect to Judge Wright, his writing was 39 years after Van Caldwell's death and we don't know his source. On the other hand, we have 2 sources where the informant was the man himself and he said Virginia.
Until further documentation surfaces it is an arguable issue.
The birth date shown is also from Judge Wright's biography and it should be noted that if correct, Van Caldwell would have been 57, not 56 as noted on his grave marker. Further putting into question Judge Wright's reliability.
There is some conflict as to the location of his birth. Some genealogist show him born in Ohio County, West Virginia. This is sourced to the biography for Van Caldwell written by Judge George Wright in 1895.
Van Caldwell himself on the 1850 US census and the IA 1856 census stated he was born in Virginia, the place of birth noted on his grave marker.
Ohio County, West Virginia was originally in Virginia but became part of West Virginia prior to his birth so that doesn't explain the discrepancy.
With all due respect to Judge Wright, his writing was 39 years after Van Caldwell's death and we don't know his source. On the other hand, we have 2 sources where the informant was the man himself and he said Virginia.
Until further documentation surfaces it is an arguable issue.
The birth date shown is also from Judge Wright's biography and it should be noted that if correct, Van Caldwell would have been 57, not 56 as noted on his grave marker. Further putting into question Judge Wright's reliability.
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A native of VA died at his residence on the Des Moines River. Aged 56 yrs
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